National Programme for Bovine Breeding and Dairy Development (NPBB&DD)Home

After merger of four ongoing schemes namely Integrated Dairy Development Programme (IDDP), Strengthening Infrastructure for Quality & Clean Milk Production (SIQ-CMP), Assistant to Cooperatives (A to C) and National Project for Cattle & Buffalo Breeding (NPCBB), a new Scheme titled “National Programme for Bovine Breeding and Dairy Development” (NPBB&DD) has been launched on 27.02.2014. NPBB&DD has been provided budgetary provision of `1,800 crore for implementation during 12th Five Year Plan. NPBB&DD will have two components

(a) National Programme for Bovine Breeding (NPBB) and

(b) National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD).

The Scheme has following objectives:

National Programme for Bovine Breeding:

(a) To arrange quality Artificial Insemination services at farmers’ doorstep

(b) To bring all breedable females under organized breeding through Artificial Insemination or natural service using germplasm of high genetic merits

(c) To conserve, develop and proliferate selected indigenous bovine breeds of high socio-economic importance

(d) To provide quality breeding inputs in breeding tracts of important indigenous breeds so as to prevent the breeds from deterioration and extinction National Programme for Dairy Development:

(a) To create and strengthen infrastructure for production of quality milk including cold chain infrastructure linking the farmer to the consumer

(b) To create and strengthen infrastructure for procurement, processing and marketing of milk

(c) To create training infrastructure for training of dairy farmers

(d) To strengthen dairy cooperative societies/Producers Companies at village level

(e) To increase milk production by providing technical input services like cattle feed and mineral mixture etc.

(f) To assist in rehabilitation of potentially viable milk federations/unions

Source: http://www.dahd.nic.in/